Button.



A. LEVY.

BUTTON.

APPLlCATlON FILED JULY 1. 1916.

1,218,095. j Patented Mar. 6,1917.

WITNESS INVENTOR HIS 4 TTORNEYS A FRED LEVY, or JERSEY. orrv, nnwanns nv.

Burton.

Application filed July SeriaINIo. 192,016.

class adapted to be attached to clothing without sewing, and its object is to provide a button of this character which may be easily attached or detached without injury either to the button or the clothing and without protruding on the opposite side of the clot V I The details of constrglction and operation of the device are hereinafter fully described.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved button.

Fig. 2 is a section taken through the broken line 2,2, of Fig. l, and showing the button secured to a piece of cloth.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the button with the divided shank opened ready for attach- I ment to the cloth.

Fig. 4C is a similar view in closed position.

Fig. 5 is an inverted plan view.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged elevation, partially in section, showing the cap applied to the head of the button, and

Fig. 7 is an enlarged inverted plan view of the cap removed from the button.

Similar reference characters denote the same parts throughout the several figures.

The body of the button is composed by two sections 10 and 11, which may be made of metal, bone, celluloid, hard rubber, or any other suitable material.

In the top of the section 10, at its inner edge is formed a groove 12, curved outwardly.

The other section 11, has a tongue 13, projecting centrally from its inner surface at the top. 7

This tongue 13, fits into the groove 12, on the section 10, and is pivotally secured therein by a pin 14. The end of the tongue within the groove isrounded to conform to the curvature of the groove.

The divided shank of the button is curved outwardly at its lower end, and in the inner surface of each half of the shank there is a transverse V-shafped groove 16. The inner Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Ma r. c, 1917.

surface of each half of the shank. above such groove is fiat so that when brought together they have a uniform contact" against each other, while that portion of theshank halves'below said grooves are separated a short distance when the flat surfaces of the two halves are in contact.

The inner edge of the lower portion or bottom of the respective halves of the shank is serrated or formed with teeth or prongs 17. i

In attaching the button to a garment, the two sections 10 and 11 are swung upon the pivot-pin 14, into the position shown in Fig. 3, and are then pressed upon the surface of the cloth 18. The two sections are then forced back into a normal position, the teeth or prongs 17, penetrating the cloth without protruding upon, its other side; while at the same time the sharp outer edge of the bottom of the shank will catch into the cloth Sufiicientlyto hold the button under ordinary st'rain; this is illustrated Fig.2. As an additional means for preventing the separation of the sections, I preferably provide a socket 19, in the inner surface of one shank section and a lug or pin 20, upon the other section which is forced into said socket when the two sections are pressed together. The pin 20, .is preferably split at the end and somewhat tapered on the outer surface at this point so that it may more readily enter the socket and spread therein when the sections are forced together.

' 21, indicates a cap to fit over the head of the button or top portions of the body sections 10, and 11.

This cap is preferably provided with spaced vertical slits or slots 22 in its curved lower edge to facilitate springing it over the top of the button body. 7

It will be understood that the button may be used without this cap if desired but I prefer. to employ the-same as it not only aids in preventing the separation of the button sections after the button has been attached to the cloth, but it also gives a smooth outer surface to" the head of the button, or the outer surface of the cap may be ornamented in any desiredmanner.

I claim as my invention:

1; A button comprising two sections together forming the head and shank of the button, a pivotal connection for said sections, teeth or prongs upon the opposite interior sides of each section of the shank, andco-acting means upon the respective shank sections for holding them together.

2. A button comprising two sections together forming the head and shank of the button, one of said sections being provided with a curved slot in its top and inner surface, the other section having a tongue fitting into said slot, a pivot pin securing the tongue in said slot, each shank section having a transverse. groove in its inner-surface with teeth or prongs projecting at right angles from below said groove.

3. A button comp ising two sections to gether forming the head and shank of the button, one of said sections being provided with a curved slot in its top and inner surface, the other section having a tongue fitting into said slot, a pivot pin securing the tongue in said slot, each shank" section having a transverse groove in its inner sur face with teeth or prongs projecting at right angles from below said groove, and coacting means upon the respective shank sections for holding them together.

A button comprising two sections together forming the head and shank of the button, a pivotal connection for, said sections, teeth or prongs upon the opposite interior sides of each section of the shank, and a cap fitting over the head of the button.

5. A button comprising two sections together forming the head and shank of the button, a pivotal connection for said sections, teeth or prongs upon the opposite in terior sides of each section of the shank, coacting means upon the respective shank sections for holding them together, and a cap fitting over the head of the button.

6. A button comprising two sections together forming the head and shank of the button, one of said sections being provided witha curved slot in its top and inner surface, the othersection having a tongue fitting into said slot a pivot pin securing the tongue in said slot, each shank section having a transverse groove in its inner surface with teeth or prongs projecting at right angles from below said groove, and a cap fitting over the head of the button.

7. A button comprising two sections together forming the head and shank of the button, one of said sections being provided with a curved slot in its top and inner surface, the other section having a tongue fitting into said slot a pivot pin securing the tongue in said slot, each shank section having a tranwerse groove in its inner surface with teeth or prongs projecting at right angles from below said groove, co-acting means upon the respective shank sections for holding them together, and a cap fitting over the' head of the button.

Signed by me this 28 day of June, 1916.

ALFRED LEVY.

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